Call: Solar
Energy in Industrial Processes

A challenge-based
approach will bring together resources and knowledge across different fields, technologies and disciplines, including social
sciences and the humanities. This will cover activities from research to market with a new focus on innovation-related activities,
such as piloting, demonstration, test-beds, and support for public procurement and market uptake.Funding focuses on the following challenges:

Health, demographic change and wellbeing;

Food
security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research, and the Bioeconomy;

Secure,
clean and efficient energy;

Smart, green and integrated transport;

Climate action, environment, resource efficiency
and raw materials;

Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies;

Secure societies
- protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens.

This Sub-Programme is structured around seven specific objectives and research areas:

Reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint

Low-cost, low-carbon electricity supply

Alternative
fuels and mobile energy sources

A single, smart European electricity grid

New knowledge and technologies

Robust
decision making and public engagement

Market uptake of energy and ICT innovation.

Call

Solar Energy in
Industrial Processes

Description of call"Solar Energy in Industrial Processes"

The potential of applying solar energy for industrial purposes is still largely untapped. Using solar energy to provide
the heat or cooling necessary to industrial processes that need high reliability and high quality heat and cooling and continuous
operation requires innovative advances in solar energy technology. Also, industrial processes might need to be adapted to
the use of the solar resource. Industrial actors expect solutions with limited installation, maintenance and operation requirements
and which are easy to operate. Support will be given to solutions that cover by means of solar thermal energy the highest
possible share of the heating and/or cooling demand of one or more industrial processes.